(n.) = empollón. Ex: Jack is dead brainy, such a swot that he always comes top in every exam. (v.) = empollar, estudiar. Ex: Around the country schoolchildren and university students are swotting and sweating as they prepare to sit papers that could decide their future. ----* swot up = empollar, estudiar.

v.i.; v.t.: (fam.) a învăţa, a toci; a revizui, a recapitula. "I meant to have a shot for the history prize in the summer and I was going to swot up my English history during the holidays." (W.S. Maugham, Cakes and Ale)